Tag: NSA
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Looted funds: Reps grill NSA, IGP; invites Presidential Committee chair on arms, ammunition
The House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating the recovery and management of looted funds and assets by agencies of the federal government on Tuesday grilled the Office of the National Security Adviser ONSA and the Office of the Inspector-General of Police IGP on the amount of funds so far recovered. The panel also resolved to…
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Reps summon CBN Gov, NSA, IGP, others over recovered loots
By Emman Ovuakporie The House of Representatives on Monday summoned the governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Usman Alkali to appear before its ad-hoc Committee on assessment and status of all recovered loots, movable and immovable assets for effective utilisation and management from 2002-2021 on or before…
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NSA disowns, orders immediate shutdown of NATFORCE, other illegal security outfits nationwide
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno (retd.), has ordered the immediate shutdown of illegal security outfits across the country. He warned against the use of such outfits to harass, intimidate and extort Nigerians. A statement by Head of Strategic Communication in the Office of the NSA, Z. M. Usman, reads: “The Office of…
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Insecurity: We will not relent until peace is restored in Nigeria- NSA
Amid the security challenges across the country, the National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Monguno has said that the Federal Government will not relent until peace is restored. The NSA gave the assurance on Friday via a statement after a security meeting convened by President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House in Abuja, reiterating the current…
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Buhari’s NSA makes U-Turn, denies saying arms procurement funds released to ex-service chiefs missing
The Office of the National Security Adviser on Friday denied that funds for arms procurement have gone missing under the former Service Chiefs. The BBC’s Hausa Service had earlier reported that the NSA, Major-General Babagana Monguno, hinted at the missing funds during an interview. “No one knows what happened to the money, but by God’s…
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Insecurity: Accepting to dialogue with bandits sign of weakness, incapacitation – FG
The Federal Government on Thursday said engaging bandits in dialogue will portray the government as weak and incapacitated. The government said rather than dialogue, it will apply its full weight to deal with the criminals and will not be blackmailed by any group of people into negotiating with those who threaten the nation’s peace. TheNewsGuru.com,…
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[Exclusive] Tramadol: NSA raises alarm over name change to Tafrodol
…notifies Customs …says manufacturers discreetly change name …to beat prying eyes of security agencies By Emman Ovuakporie The National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno (Retd) has raised alarm that manufacturers of Tramadol have discreetly changed its original name of Tramadol to Trafrodol. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) in a letter exclusively obtained reports the ugly development was…
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#EndSARS: Buhari coming up with certain solutions in few hours- NSA
The National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno (retd.), on Thursday stated that the President, Muhammadu Buhari , would come up with solutions to the current crisis erupting in parts of the country “in the next couple of hours.” Although he did not reveal the nature of the solutions, he said they would be delightful…
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Dasuki speaks at last, confesses: ‘I told Jonathan of my relationship with Buhari, Tinubu before accepting NSA appointment’
Former National Security Adviser (NSA) Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) has denied campaigning for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2015 Presidential Election. He said on Sunday that he never worked at cross-purposes with former President Goodluck Jonathan. Col Dasuki said he was only involved in an attempt at forging an alliance between the Action…
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Northern patriots charge NSA to join hands with Service Chiefs, Security agencies on war against insurgency
The National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno (retd) has been urged to work with other Service Chiefs in the country to move the nation’s war against insurgency forward. This call was made by the Northern Patriots, decrying the lack of strategic thinking and actions by the NSA’s office to address the non-kinetic component of…